Chapter 6 · 6.3 Lowering the costs of government
Update on ongoing horizontal reviews
No cost lineLoans, equity or financing
No line of its own in the chapter cost table. Announced in the text without its own line in the chapter cost table: regulatory, already funded, or costed elsewhere. Amounts in the text below may be previously announced, funded from existing resources, or financing rather than budgetary cost.
What the budget says
“To support the implementation of these changes, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $3.5 million over two years, starting in 2026-27, to the Department of Finance Canada to oversee the new financial Crown corporation functions and support the consolidation.”
Budget 2026, p. 306 (PDF p. 324)
“Budget 2026 announces that the government will take steps to ensure financing Crown corporations, including the future single federal development bank, have the flexibility and direction needed to deploy capital in support of Canada's economic priorities.”
Budget 2026, p. 306 (PDF p. 324)
Amounts named in the text
Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.
- $55 million
- $117 million
- $3.5 million over two years, starting in 2026-27
Also in this section
- Strengthening the effectiveness of fines and penalties−$186MSavings or revenue
- Strengthening tax compliance−$1.06BSavings or revenue
- Renewing the public service - aligning operating budgets with ERI personnel savings−$400MSavings or revenue
- Renewing the public service - savings on CPP employer contribution costs−$305MSavings or revenue
- Modernising Canada Post−$102MSavings or revenue
- Streamlining the delivery of federal financing$3MProgram spendingLoans, equity or financing